Tackle Obesity
March 17, 2009
Obesity: KNOW IT TO TACKLE TOTALLY
Obesity is all about those stubborn fat collections at every possible place once they start accumulating far exceeding the level at which the natural metabolism rate expends fat.
The worst part of these saddlebags accumulation syndrome is that once they start showing up at a particular place, a person really cannot be the judge as to where he would have the flab collected. When the rate at which the fat accumulation exceeds the limit at which the body absorbs the required fats, obesity occurs.
Obesity & Body weight: The inter-relationship?
There is an interesting inter-relationship between obesity and the increase of body weight. It is only during the growing stage that the germ of obesity is implanted in our bodies. Statistically viewed, one gram of fat is stored in the adipose tissues for every excess energy intake of 9.3 calories.
The weight of the body increases when energy intake (mainly in the form of food items) outweighs the normally carried out expended or burnt process.
Once the imbalance takes place (termed the static stage of obesity), a person will remain obese when the energy output is equal to the energy output. This is natural corollary and the reason why an obese person finds it so problematic to lose body weight.
Body weight of such an obese person can be brought down only when the input is less than the output.
How to know the Ideal Body Weight?
The ideal body weight of a person is determined according to his/her age, food habits, height, bone structure, and general wellbeing among others. Therefore, the ideal body weight differs from person to person.
Obesity is generally defined as 20 per cent excess of the ideal body weight.
The National Centre for Health Statistics has set the Basic Metabolism Index (BMI) to be less than 25. It has been found that if the BMI exceeds the level of 25, the patient suffers the risk of contracting many diseases linked with overweight.
Obesity is linked with many ailments like diabetes, heart diseases and other serious problems. Moreover, obesity directly leads to abnormal body weight. And, increasing body weight is connected with rising cholesterol levels of the blood, decreased levels of good cholesterol (HDL), and high blood pressure. Any or a combination of these factors leads to physical inactivity.
Obesity & Body weight: Where does the burnt energy go to?
The expended or burnt out fat is the energy we use in different forms of muscular activities. More the muscular forms of activities, the more will be the fat expended. As much as one-third of daily used energy is thus spent. So, we have seen that that there is an inverse ratio between the daily input (food taken) and the daily output (read muscular activity) processes. Obviously, if a couch potato and that too after the “static stage” keeps on gobbling all forms of fatty substances, then he/she is sure to suffer from acute obesity.
Obesity: How is it caused?
The main cause of obesity is the failure of the body to utilize the excessive quantity of carbohydrates or proteins that we consume in the form of various food items.
Obesity: why then should we take the extra fatty items?
The extra fatty substances that we consume are later utilized by the body to generate energy. The carbohydrates and proteins are first stored in the adipose tissues.
Obesity: What are adipose tissues?
Adipose tissues are connective tissues. Tissues are combination of cells having the same origin, but may not be identical. Together they perform particular operations in our bodies. A cell is the basic unit that sustains a life form.
The fat in the adipose tissues is stored as triglycerides which play a pivotal role in metabolism (the chemical reactions within being that maintains life). The adipose tissues are sources of energy. They are also the conduit of fat, primarily dietary.
Among mammals, there are two different types of adipose tissues: brown and white. The majority of the adipose tissues are white in color. The distribution, presence, and amount of the adipose tissues vary in species. Mentionably, the storage and synthesis of fat from these adipose tissues occur normally.
